“Women who were housewives, who were pretty miserable ... felt inspired by her book and their life changed. They didn't become megastars, but they became a librarian or something. I've heard women say again and again when the subject of Germaine comes up: 'Well, her book changed my life for the better.' And they'll be modest women living pretty ordinary lives, but better lives.” WellsBookFeltHeardSubjectsChangedOrdinaryInspiredCome UpMiserableLife ChangingAgain And AgainModestBetter LifeLibrarianHousewifeChanged My LifeOrdinary Life Author:Germaine Greer
“I felt permanently exiled from 'normality.' Whether imposed by self or society, this outsider status - and not the disability itself - constitutes the most daunting barrier for most people with physical impairments, because it, even more than flights of steps or elevators without braille, prevents them from participating fully in the ordinary world, where most of life's satisfactions dwell.” PeopleWorldSelfFeltStepsNormalOrdinarySatisfactionFlightBarriersDisabilityOutsidersParticipatingElevatorsNormalityOrdinary WorldBraille Author:Nancy Mairs
“Even though I found you on an ordinary day, it felt like I found a precious pearl in an oyster when I deep dived into the sea. Baby, you are really that precious to me.” LoveFoundFeltSeaBabyOrdinaryPearlsOystersGood MorningFound YouOrdinary Days Author:Fiona Apple
“The fact that I was taking naps in churches, in between takes of the [Ordinary World], and there was that guerilla style of filmmaking, I felt more at home with that.” WorldFactsHomeFeltChurchStyleOrdinaryFilmmakingNapsOrdinary World Author:Billie Joe Armstrong
“When I was done with the movie [Ordinary World], I felt really compelled to start working on another album. Little did I know, they were going to come out back to back.” KnowsWorldLittlesDoneFeltOrdinaryAlbumsCompelledOrdinary World Author:Billie Joe Armstrong
“The record [American Idiot ] felt special to us, when we recorded it, with all of the artwork and the concept behind it and it being a rock opera, but we didn't really know where it was going to go. It's like I always say, you just follow the music. Not only was American Idiot a special moment for us, but it also led to Ordinary World, too.” KnowsWorldMomentsFeltBehindsRecordsSpecialRocksOrdinaryConceptsIdiotOperaArtworkSpecial MomentsOrdinary World Author:Billie Joe Armstrong
“I was an ordinary boy at school, a young man. In fact, what did the headmaster once say? "You're constantly challenging those in authority; questioning and challenging those in authority." Which was not really the way I saw it. I felt there were questions that had to be answered, and things that weren't quite right.” MenWayFactsSchoolYoungFeltChallengesBoysSawsAuthorityOrdinaryYoung ManQuestioningHeadmasters Author:Kofi Annan
“The president felt that it was important to send an ordinary citizen to experience the excitement of space travel as a representative for all Americans.” ImportantHouseFeltPresidentSpaceCitizensTravelOrdinaryExcitementRepresentativesFunny TravelSpace TravelOrdinary Citizens Author:Christa McAuliffe
“The difference between ordinary and extra-ordinary is so often just simply that little word - extra. And for me, I had always grown up with the belief that if someone succeeds it is because they are brilliant or talented or just better than me... and the more of these words I heard the smaller I always felt! But the truth is often very different... and for me to learn that ordinary me can achieve something extra-ordinary by giving that little bit extra, when everyone else gives up, meant the world to me and I really clung to it.” IfsWorldGivingLittlesDifferentBeliefFeltBitsDifferencesHeardAchieveTruth IsSucceedGiving UpLittle BitOrdinaryBrilliantExtras Author:Bear Grylls
“Far from making me feel different and special, my [spiritual] experiences made me feel the same, ordinary, and interconnected. If I felt more spiritual, everyone else felt more spiritual as well. (276)” IfsFeelsWellsMadeDifferentSpiritualFeltSpecialOrdinaryInterconnectedInterconnectednessSpiritual Experience Author:Julia Cameron
“The loneliness caused by not hearing Ren's voice... I felt it deep in the night. I felt it deeper than anyone else. Even now at times I look back. In this ordinary life without Ren, I think my life with him was like a dream. Especially on a snowy night like this. On a night as cold as this. Someone keep this guy warm for me, please.” ThinkingLooksDreamNightGuyFeltVoiceLonelinessColdPleaseOrdinaryDeeperHearingWarmThis GuyOrdinary LifeSnowy Author:Ai Yazawa
“Suicidal thinking, if serious, can be a kind of death scare, comparable to suffering a heart attack or undergoing a cancer operation. One survives such a phase both warier and chastened. When-ten years ago-I emerged from a bad dip into suicidal speculation, I felt utterly exhausted and yet quite fearless of ordinary dangers, vastly afraid of myself but much less scared of extraneous eventualities.” IfsThinkingYearsHeartKindSufferingFeltDangerSeriousTenOrdinaryYears AgoCancerScaredFearlessOperationsScarePhasesExhaustedSuicidalSpeculationDipHeart Attack Book:Tigers & Ice: Reflections on Nature and Life Source: Tigers & Ice: Reflections on Nature and Life
“But she had felt since childhod that her life would n ot be ordinary. A moment would come- she would know it when she saw it- and everything would change.” KnowsMomentsFatherFeltSawsOrdinary Author:Kim Edwards
“If I have any regrets, I could say that I'm sorry I wasn't a better writer or a better singer...When I was younger, I felt it was my duty to wake people up. I thought poetry was asleep. I thought rock 'n' roll was asleep...An artist may have burdens the ordinary citizen doesn't know, but the ordinary citizen has burdens that many artists never even touch.” PeopleIfsKnowsMayArtistFeltRocksRegretDutyCitizensOrdinarySorryBurdenSingersSongwritingRock N RollI'm SorryOrdinary Citizens Author:Patti Smith